Random History of Belgium

The Random history of #Belgium (RhoB) is a #historypodcast about an event, company, person or cultural phenomenon that was important to our history. This podcast deals with subjects in a non-chronological order. We inform, educate and entertain the listeners with explaining parts of Belgian history.

Ranging from playing cards, our royal family, politics, state structure, food, new-beat, movies, inventors, painters, WWII and much, much more...

Every two weeks, we'll bring you the best stories from our history, without ads, nagging, begging or other interruptions.

Episode 75 of the Random #history of Belgium will take a
fly-over approach on the place of #chocolate in our history. On
this Christmas day we're looking at the the past of bon-bons,
pralines, chocolate bars, truffles and a bit of the companies and
origins behind these tasty goods.

In Episode 74 of the Random history of #Belgium , the
controversial prime-minister, sausage merchant and allround
businessman Paul Vanden Boeynants is our main focus, next to the
1960s strikes, small business regulation and the reshaping of
Brussels. #VDB

In Episode 73 of the Random History of Belgium, we take a first
look at our strips, cartoon and comic book culture. We do this by
following the career and creations of André Franquin.
We look at his life, work and his importance in comic-book
culture.
(Hopefully Gaston Lagaffe will not edit this episode or
handle...

EP72 of the Random history of #Belgium, is the final part of the
"Battle for Belgium" campaign of may #1940 , ending with the
capitulation and the beginning of the #occupation, we'll look at
the final battles, the way the political cards were played (or lack
thereof) and the fate of the allied troops, the king of...

EP71 of RHob is part 9 in the #BattleForBelgium series (which
will be 10 parts long) we'll talk about the defence on the Lys
(Leie) river, the famous halt-order, new defences for Ypres and
Roeselare, the Vinkt massacre, as well as the general situation of
the Allied armies in #Belgium and the North of France during...

About the Podcast

This history podcast tells the story of Belgium's history, in a non-chronological order. Every two weeks, we'll cover a story, event, person, or company from Belgian history and take the bits and pieces we like, to entertain and inform the listeners.
Our place on the web: http://rhob.be
For Donations check: https://tinyurl.com/rhobpodcast